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Opium Quotes by John Cheever
- The fear of death is for all of us everywhere, but for the great intelligence of the opium eater it is beautifully narrowed into the…
- Only the opium eater truly understands the pain of death.
More Opium Quotes
- Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called… — Edmund Burke
- He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. — Anais Nin
- It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously.… — Jean Cocteau
- Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh, just, subtle, and mighty opium! — Thomas de Quincey
- It is the bourgeoisie which has turned religion into an opium of the people by preaching a God, lord of the heavens… — Frei Betto
- [F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon… — Terry Eagleton
- Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion. — Thomas de Quincey
- After fulfilling its destructive urge towards everything that is noble and good on earth, it [naive Religion] sketches, in its opium intoxication,… — Bruno Bauer